into total confusion . the second @ - @ in @ - @ command , rear admiral prince pavel uk ##ht ##oms ##ky , eventually gained control of the remainder of the squadron and headed back to port arthur . slightly more than two months later , on 26 october , asahi struck a mine off port arthur while on blockade duty . severely damaged , she was under repair at sas ##eb ##o naval arsenal from november 1904 to april 1905 . russian naval forces in the far east had been destroyed or neutral ##ized by this time and the russians were forced to transfer ships from the baltic fleet that did not arrive until may . at the battle of ts ##ush ##ima on 27 may
into total confusion. the second @ - @ in @ - @ command, rear admiral prince pavel ukhtomsky, eventually gained control of the remainder of the squadron and headed back to port arthur. slightly more than two months later, on 26 october, asahi struck a mine off port arthur while on blockade duty. severely damaged, she was under repair at sasebo naval arsenal from november 1904 to april 1905. russian naval forces in the far east had been destroyed or neutralized by this time and the russians were forced to transfer ships from the baltic fleet that did not arrive until may. at the battle of tsushima on 27 may